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Book club apps help you run a club. Mutuals helps you have one.

There are good apps for book clubs. Bookclubs handles the scheduling and polls; Fable gives you a nice reading feed; StoryGraph groups let you track a shared read. They're genuinely useful, once you already have a group.

That's the gap Mutuals fills. It isn't software for managing a club you've assembled. It finds the readers, near you, and forms the circle: four to eight people who live near each other, matched on the books you have in common.

Find my circle How it works

Tools like Bookclubs, Fable and StoryGraph that help an existing group schedule, track reading, and discuss online.

mutualsBook club apps
What they solveFinding the groupRunning the group
Do you need members first?NoYes
How members meetMatched by tasteYou bring them
SettingIn person, nearbyMostly online
Group sizeFour to eight readersWhatever you gather
Ongoing toolNone (email handoff)The app, ongoing
Best forStarting from nobodyOrganising somebody
Cost$15 once, when matchedFree or subscription

Two different jobs

Most people who search for a book club app already have friends who want to read together and need a place to organise it. If that's you, an app is the right tool, and a few of them are lovely.

But if you don't have the people yet (new to the city, or your friends just don't read what you read), no amount of scheduling software helps. You need the readers first. That's the part Mutuals does.

After the match, the app question is yours

Mutuals hands your circle over with one introduction email and no tools attached. How the group organises itself (a group chat, a shared calendar, one of these very apps) is entirely up to the six of you.

So this isn't really either-or. Plenty of matched circles end up using a book club app to keep their reading in step. We just aren't the app; we're how the circle came to exist.

Straight answers.

Is Mutuals a book club app?
Not in the usual sense. Apps like Bookclubs or Fable help a group you already have schedule and track its reading. Mutuals forms the group, matching you with a handful of nearby readers, then steps back. There's no app to keep using.

Can I use Mutuals to manage my existing club?
No. That's exactly what the apps above are for, and they do it well. Mutuals is for readers who don't have a group yet and want one assembled near them. Once your circle exists, you're free to run it however you like.

Does Mutuals have a reading tracker or discussion feed?
No. There's no feed, tracker, or chat. You get one introduction email and the circle is yours. If your group wants a shared shelf or a tracker afterwards, a dedicated reading app will serve you better than we would.

Is it available where I live?
Vancouver is live and Toronto is gathering signups. The first circles are already meeting, and signing up early helps shape who's read into your neighbourhood.

First, the readers

Free to sign up and answer the survey. If we match you into a circle, it's $15, once. No subscription, no app to keep.

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